I’m feeling a little left out of the iphone, ipod, idog phenomenon going on. So I decided to take a look at some common items and see if I can add “i” to it and see how they would look/interact. The first design is a simple thermostat. I’ll take a look at it’s UI and basic functions and see if I can make it into an ithermostat. The first time experience is below. I’ll create some of the additional screens later. Let me know what you think.

Default Interface

Unlocked

I have to admit I was completely surprised when I learned Google was launching a new browser. They kept the secret under lock and key kudos to them.

I’ve been test driving it for the last two days and it seems like a great new browser, it’s a little faster than FF3, Safari and IE8, it’s got a decent user experience and I’ve found it to be extremely stable.

But more than all the new fancy new features, I’m glad it came out of the gate with excellent support for Web Standards. With FF3, Safari and IE8 the browser landscape has change dramatically over the last few months. I’m starting to see the light at the end of the IE hack tunnel. I’m starting to see what it might be like to design once and not worry about browser testing.

Which one is best? I’m not sure, I’ll keep banging away at all four to see if there is one clear winner but it’s obvious the biggest winner are the HTML junkie, CSS jockey and JavaScript hero.